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AHRQ Author: Furukawa MF, Eldridge N
Electronic health record adoption and rates of in-hospital adverse events.
Researchers examined the association of hospitals' electronic health record (EHR) adoption and occurrence rates of adverse events among exposed patients. The study included patients hospitalized for acute cardiovascular disease, pneumonia, or conditions requiring surgery. The researchers found that patients exposed to a fully electronic EHR were less likely to experience in-hospital adverse events.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Furukawa MF, Eldridge N, Wang Y .
Electronic health record adoption and rates of in-hospital adverse events.
J Patient Saf 2020 Jun;16(2):137-42. doi: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000257..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Adverse Events, Inpatient Care, Hospitals, Patient Safety
Collins SA, Couture B, Smith AD
Mixed-methods evaluation of real-time safety reporting by hospitalized patients and their care partners: the MySafeCare application.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a real-time safety reporting tool by hospitalized patients and their care partners compared with other reporting mechanisms. The study used mixed methods including 20-month preimplementation and postimplementation trials evaluating MySafeCare, a web-based applications which allows real time reporting by hospitalized patients/care partners. Submission rates to MySafeCare in three hospital units (oncology acute care, vascular intermediate care, medical intensive care) were compared to submission rates to the Patient Family Relations (PFR) Department, a hospital service to address family/patient concerns. Thirty-two MySafeCare submissions were received during the study period with an average rate of 1.7 submissions per 1000 patient-days. MySafeCare submission rates were significantly higher than PFR submission rates during the postintervention period on the vascular unit. PFR submissions decreased after MySafeCare implementation for all units.
AHRQ-funded; HS023535.
Citation: Collins SA, Couture B, Smith AD .
Mixed-methods evaluation of real-time safety reporting by hospitalized patients and their care partners: the MySafeCare application.
J Patient Saf 2020 Jun;16(2):e75-e81. doi: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000493..
Keywords: Patient Safety, Hospitalization, Inpatient Care, Health Information Technology (HIT), Caregiving